Category Archives: activism

A week ago in a column in the Philadelphia Daily News, Stu Bykovsky made a provocative point, arguing that "to save America, we need another 9/11." To put it in a nutshell, he said that because the Bush administration botched the Iraq War, the United States has lost "its righteous rage and singular purpose toContinue reading “To Reduce Global Warming, We Need Another Katrina”

A genius move for activism on an important issue — environmental, climatological, dietary, pollution, you name it. An interactive factory farm map. Where’s your nearest hog farm? Find out here. Or, as the New York Times puts it, politely but firmly, in an editorial: Wherever it appears, factory farming has two notable effects. It threatensContinue reading “Get Yer Stench Here”

One of punk’s great anthems was one of the Clash’s first great songs: White riotI wanna riotWhite riotA riot of my own. This was a sincere wish on the late Joe Strummer‘s part, and to some extent, his wish came true. The punk movement was a riot in music. His audiences were uncontrollable and heContinue reading “Environmental Riots — and Demonstrations”

Here Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to the New York crowd at the LIve Earth show, speaking of how the "indentured servants" of the fossil fuel interests in Washington, D.C., the "rotten politicians," are telling us that "global climate stability is a luxury that we can’t afford." It’s an inspiring speech. The video is notContinue reading “RFK JR Speaks at Live Earth”

"…the climate crisis offers us the chance to experience what few generations in history have had the privilege of experiencing: a generational mission; a compelling moral purpose; a shared cause; and the thrill of being forced by circumstances to put aside the pettiness and conflict of politics and to embrace a genuine moral and spiritualContinue reading “The Point of Live Earth”

From an opinion piece by Timothy Egan in The New York Times: What if the climate models that predict the American West heating up faster than any other part of the country prove all too accurate? If you live here, you know what it means when the sun becomes an enemy. On Thursday, it wasContinue reading “Why You Shouldn’t Move to Phoenix”

Ever write something and only realize later what you were really trying to say? Ever write and publish something and then realize what you were trying to say? This happened to me with the following post. Only after reading the comments (on Grist) did I realize the point. Even if you take the Bush administrationContinue reading “Bush Administration on Carbon Emissions: We Don’t Care, and We Don’t Care if You Know We Don’t Care”